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No. 716,435. Patanted Dec. 23, I902.

J. LACKNER.

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(Application filed June 4, 1902.)

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JOHN LACKNER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,435, dated December '23, 1902.

Application filed Juno 4, 1902. Serial No. 110,214. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN LACKNER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Queens, in the county of Queens, in the city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to boxes adapted especially for containing confections, stationery, or other merchandise; and its main object is to provide a box of this character (preferably made of pasteboard) with a cover of novel construction, whereby said cover maybe utilized as a game-board.

A further object of the invention is to provide a box and cover with suitable compartments for the reception of checkers or like pieces or men usedin the playing of game.

The construction of the improvement will be fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, and its novel features will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a box and cover embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the box and cover.

The box is preferably of rectangular form, comprising the bottom 1 and side and end walls 2. The bottom projects slightly beyond the sides and ends of the box to form a continuous flange 3, upon which the sides and ends of the cover rest, and within the box is provided a partition parallel with and adja cent to one end of the box to form a compartment 4.

The box-cover comprises side and end walls 5 and a top 6. The upper edges of the sides and ends of the cover project slightly above the top 6, forming a guard-flange 7, extending entirely around the cover. Adjacent to ers or like playing devices.

per surface of the top of the cover between the partitions 8 is divided into squares or spaces in simulation of a checker-board.

The utility of the improvement will be readily appreciated. The checkers or men are stored within the compartment 4. when not in use, and the end compartments 9 and 10 of the cover provide convenient receptacles for checkers taken during the playing of the game. The guard-flange, projecting upward on all four sides of the playing-space, prevents the slipping of the checkers or men from the board.

A special advantage of the improvement is that it provides means for entertainment and amusement at times and places Where the ordinary game-board is not accessible or convenientas, for example, on railway-cars and it is obvious that the novelty and utility of the box will add to the salability of merchandise packed therein.

I claim as my invention 1. As a new article of manufacture, a box having a main receptacle, and a smaller receptacle extending transversely at one end thereof, in combination with a cover having a shallow transverse trough at each end, and its main portion between the end troughs, ornamented to represent a checker-board, as herein set forth.

2. A box formed with a main receptacle, and a narrow receptacle located transversely at one end of the box, in combination with a cover having a transverse shallow trough at each end, and ornamented'between said end troughs to represent a checker-board; the ends, and sides of the cover being extended above the top surface of the cover to form a rib, and the end troughs being separated from the central portion by a partition or rib, as herein set forth.

Signed at the borough of Queens, in the county of Queens, in the city and State of New York, this 2d day of June, A. D. 1902.

JOHN LACKNER.

WVitnesses:

WM. WOHLERS, AUGUST TEMPEL. 

